Philip

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Philip

• Apostle PhilipNovember 14One of the Twelve, from Bethsaida, who preached the Gospel and died a martyr at Hierapolis.
• Apostle Philip the DeaconOctober 11One of the seven deacons chosen at Jerusalem, an evangelist who baptized the Ethiopian eunuch.
• Hieromartyr Philip of MoscowOctober 5Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus from 1566 to 1568, who died a martyr in 1569.
• Saint Philip I of MoscowApril 5Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus from 1464 to 1473, appointed without the approval of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
• PGSaint Philip of GortynApril 11Bishop of Gortyna in Crete, who died in 180, author of a lost treatise against the Gnostics.
• Venerable Philip of IrapMay 8Disciple of Saint Cornelius of Komel, founder of the Irap Hermitage on the Andoga River; died in 1537.
• Hieromartyr Philip RaspopovNovember 23Priest born in the Samara governorate, killed on 6 December 1919 in the Amur region; canonized in 1981 by the Church Outside Russia.
• PRVenerable Philip of RabangaNovember 15Founder and abbot of a monastery in the Vologda region, who first labored at Glushitsa and died in 1457.
• PONew Martyr Philip OrdinetsMay 19Born in Miropolye in 1888, choir director at the Church of Saint Nicholas in Kharkiv and father of four, arrested in March 1938.
• PHHieromartyr Philip of HeracleaOctober 22Bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, martyred around 303 in the persecution of Diocletian.
• Hieromartyr Philip of AgiraMay 12A priest of Agira in Sicily, venerated as a confessor of Christ and a healer of the possessed.
• PASaint Philip of AlexandriaDecember 24A saint of Alexandria, commemorated in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Philip?

The name day of Philip is November 14, the feast of Apostle Philip. It is also kept on October 11, October 5, April 5, April 11, May 8, November 23, November 15, May 19.

II.Which saints bore the name Philip?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Philip, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Philip a good baptismal name?

Yes. Philip is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Apostle Philip as patron.